Teaching Social Skills Using Video Modeling Interventions

“Television also has the potential to teach pro-social behaviors to children. Recent research showed the striking result that television is no more prone to fostering violence than it is to fostering pro-social behavior. Forge & Phemister (1987) further suggested that watching cartoons can have the same positive effects as watching live-model pro-social programs. Among the benefits of pro-social cartoons and programs are elicitation of pro- social behaviors, altruism, nonverbal helping behaviors, and academic skills.”

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